Meanwhile, uptown, Atlas Kitchen on the Upper West Side features a Chinese new year special from February 5th to 21st, with dishes including coral lobster with salted duck egg; two pepper with braised goose intestine; foie gras udon with fried dough; and grilled quail with cumin.

Tang Hotspot also offers a $ 65 Chinese New Year prix fixe, on Feb. 4 to 5, featuring a Zhangcha tea smoked duck entree. Finally, on February 5th and 6th, Philippe Chow’s two locations will host a traditional ceremonial Lion Dance show that includes a costumed dragon and dancers – putting lettuce or money into the mouth of a dragon is said to bring good luck.

Both locations will also be serving a Tipsy Pig cocktail, a blackberry martini with pineapple; as well as a special Ginger Beer float dessert with fever tree, coconut sorbet, and citrus whipped cream along with Chinese black sesame cookies. Even Macallan is marking the new year with a Lunar Year Limited Edition Gift Box with two double cask 12 year old bottles of whiskey in special Year of the Pig packaging.